(2021-09-01). Afghan crisis must end the US' empire of war, corruption, and poverty. peoplesdispatch.org The United States spent $2.26 trillion on its war in Afghanistan and about $1.5 trillion, went to military spending to maintain the US military occupation…
(2021-09-01). Nearly 33,000 children have been killed or maimed in Afghanistan since 2005. peoplesdispatch.org According to Save the Children, the actual number of children killed in Afghanistan in the last two decades is likely to be much higher as the data does not include victims of starvation, disease and poverty…
(2021-09-01). Afghan Crisis Must End US's Empire Of War, Corruption And Poverty. popularresistance.org Americans have been shocked by videos of thousands of Afghans risking their lives to flee the Taliban's return to power in their country – and then by an Islamic State suicide bombing and ensuing massacre by U.S. forces that together killed at least 170 people, including 13 U.S. troops. | Even as UN agencies warn of an impending humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the U.S. Treasury has frozen nearly all of the Afghan Central Bank's $9.4 billion in foreign currency reserves, depriving the new government of funds that it will desperately need in the coming months to feed its people and provide basic services. | Und…
(2021-09-01). Imperialism then and now: Capital relocation, inequality, encroachment and protracted crisis — Part 3/3. mronline.org 
Prabhat Patnaik shows that as capital is relocated, real wages do not rise, inequality widens, and global demand is suppressed. The system remains in protracted crisis; Keynesianism in the North alone is no solution. The struggle is everywhere.
(2021-09-01). Everyone Deserves Clean Air and Water — No Matter Their Zip Code. otherwords.org I grew up in a loving family — financially poor, but spiritually rich. My family was blessed with the abundance of having my two strong grandmothers who helped us make it out of poverty. | But when they both died from pollution-related illnesses, I learned that simply having a good, strong family isn't enough. You also need to be born in the right zip code. | My parents were hard-working but very young when they had my four siblings and me. Life was tough, but they never gave up. Inspired by a local pastor in Memphis, they pursued a college education as their ticket out of poverty. | My parents studied hard…
(2021-09-01). Wednesday 9/8: "Fighting Poverty with SNAP": Expanding Assistance Programs as Anti-Poverty Tools. indybay.org Online panel discussion…
(2021-09-01). How Paul Kagame Lies to the World — Rwanda's Neoliberalism and Pleasing Private Capital. orinocotribune.com By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza — Aug 30, 2021 | Rwanda is often touted as a "success story" in international media coverage, with the architect of such "success" being its president, Paul Kagame. But little is said about Kagame's ideological standpoint, one that has widened income inequalities in Rwanda. The country's political elite amass wealth unabatedly while the majority are mired in endless cycles of poverty. This is coupled with Kagame's insatiable appetite for power under the dictates of the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). | The almost miraculous transformation of Rwanda is laudable. Here is a co…
(2021-09-01). Addressing the Unique Labor Market Challenges of Black Men. cepr.net The best the current American labor market can provide is a huge gap in employment for Black men. The lowest Black unemployment rate on record was in 2019. That was also the year that Black men had the highest unemployment rate of the major race-gender groups. This is not unusual. Black men have had the highest annual unemployment rate consistently for the last 20 years. In 2019, Black men's historically "low" annual unemployment rate was a rate that white men typically experience in the wake of an economic recession. As bad as this may seem for Black men, the unemployment rate does not fully capture the problem…
(2021-09-01). Tax the 'Trillion-Dollar Seven'. otherwords.org The collective wealth of the seven wealthiest Americans has now reached nearly $1 trillion. And these seven pay virtually nothing in income tax. | According to That's a group small enough to fit an SUV. | Think about that. Just seven guys now control about $1 trillion in wealth — that's about one-third the $3.5-trilli…
(2021-09-01). The Problems with Patents: Controlling Knowledge to Extract Wealth. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-01). Imperialism then and now: Drain of wealth, depression, the role of the State and globalization — Part 2/3. mronline.org Imperialism which existed in the colonial era persists to this day and the system cannot do without it.
(2021-09-01). The Problems With Patents. zcomm.org Controlling Knowledge to Extract Wealth…
(2021-08-31). After Hurricane Ida, a "Just & Fair Recovery" Must Address Ongoing Disasters of Poverty, Inequality. democracynow.org 
As Hurricane Ida is downgraded to a tropical depression, Louisiana's main utility company Entergy says it could be weeks before it restores electricity to nearly a million people in the storm's path, including all of New Orleans. We speak with Flozell Daniels Jr., president of the Foundation for Louisiana, who evacuated his home city and is calling for "a just and fair recovery" that addresses preexisting crises, including COVID-19 and poverty. "These are disasters that were already happening," he says. He also describes the power of the oil and gas industry lobbyists he has challenged as a member of Louisiana Go…
(2021-08-31). What Will be Done About America's Growing Disparity in Wealth? counterpunch.org Over the past year, new research has shown how a phenomenal accumulation of wealth has become concentrated among just 1 percent of Americans over the last four decades. If that trend continues, our future as a democracy will come to an end. So, the first step is to recognize it, and the second is to